Gymnastics

Michele said: "It is more comforting to be able to share this SEA Games experience with my sister because we have been doing everything together since we were young.

"It is always nice to have someone you are very close to doing something major, like the SEA Games, together.

"And even though you may be stressed, you can share your burden with your sibling."

Michele picked up gymnastics first at seven years old, in Marymount Convent School, when some pupils in her class were selected by the teacher-in-charge to try out for the sport.

She recalled: "It was very fun and very cool to play with the various apparatuses."

Phebe wasn't selected to try out, but would ask her elder sister about gymnastics at home, and the latter would teach her the basics.

Phebe started formal training the next year, with both siblings eventually stopping school training to begin "more serious" training with Singapore Gymnastics.

Both athletes are now studying at the Singapore Sports School, but have stopped their lessons since June - the school has suspended lessons for its SEA Games-bound athletes until after the Games - and they have been spending almost all their waking hours training at the OCBC Arena, with Sunday their only day-off.

Asked about their hopes and aspirations for the Games, Phebe said: "A medal is important but the most important thing is completing the routine cleanly, no drops or mistakes.